Breeding & genetics

Culturing marine ornamentals: a $5 billion opportunity

7 Dec 2020

The multibillion-dollar marine aquarium trade has a mixed reputation, with many specimens being captured from the world’s coral reefs. However, a number of pioneers are now farming marine ornamentals – offering hope for …

A genetic solution for tackling white spot syndrome virus in shrimp

25 Nov 2020

How genomic selection can rapidly increase the resistance of whiteleg shrimp to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) – one of the most costly diseases in the global shrimp farming sector.

Towards circular aquaculture

16 Nov 2020

Michael Laterveer, owner of Blue Linked – one of the few marine hatcheries in the Netherlands – believes that a fundamentally different approach is needed to ensure a sustainable future for aquaculture.

The Singaporean firm that aims to transform Asia's crayfish sector

26 Oct 2020

Desmond Chow, the founder of Singapore Crawfish, is so convinced that crayfish aquaculture is ripe for investment that he’s spent the past two years, and considerable amounts of his own capital, developing a range of cra…